Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60
चित्रगुप्तेन चाख्यातं दत्तमस्ति त्वया पुनः । पतितं चैव देहांते शिवाय परमात्मने
citraguptena cākhyātaṃ dattamasti tvayā punaḥ | patitaṃ caiva dehāṃte śivāya paramātmane
وكما أفاد تشيتراگوبتا، فقد قدّمتَ حقًّا قربانًا مرةً أخرى عند نهاية حياتك، مُهديًا حتى ما سقط إلى شيفا، الذات العُليا.
Dharmarāja (Yama) addressing the kitava (gambler), with Citragupta referenced
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience (implied)
Scene: Citragupta, the celestial scribe, reads from a ledger while subtle imagery shows the fallen offerings being re-dedicated to Śiva at the man’s death; Śiva as Paramātman is implied as the ultimate recipient.
FAQs
A final act of dedication to Śiva, even involving something ‘fallen’ or small, is remembered in the moral record and yields spiritual merit.
Kedāra-kṣetra as presented in Kedārakhaṇḍa, emphasizing Śiva’s grace in that sacred context.
Dedicating an offering to Śiva (śivāya) as a conscious act, even at life’s end.